The Minister of Relations with Parliament, Marie Lebec, did not rule out on Tuesday
“sanctuarizing”
periods without strikes in transport in the name of the
“public service mission”
of the SNCF in particular, a request from LR and the centrists of the Senate.
“The question of protecting the right to strike is essential but I believe that we can question the use of the right to strike when we have a public service mission
,” declared the Minister Delegate on Sud-Radio, after departures on vacation marked, for zones A and C, by a well-attended train strike weekend.
“There are times when we can consider that these periods must be protected,”
she added, questioned about a proposed LR law, initially initiated by centrist senators, and providing in particular up to 60 days
“during which there could be no strike notice”
, for example during school holidays or during major events.
For Marie Lebec, who admitted not yet having read the Republican bill,
“reflection on the subject can be debated in the Assembly”
.
“Do the modalities necessarily have to be passed by law?
Can this be the subject of an agreement or something else with the union representatives?
I believe that all options are open
,” she said.
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